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Friday, December 20, 2013

Delilah “Doll” Reklinger never imagined her life with anyone
that wasn’t a Hellion. She never
imagined there would be a Hellion that could prove himself worthy enough to her
father, Roundman, Hellions Club President.
Content in living in the bubble of safety the motorcycle club family has
always provided, Doll never thought that danger surrounded her.

Roundman has kept the Hellions
contained for the last thirty years by controlling the chaos surrounding their
lifestyle. When the dangerous side to
their business comes knocking on his door, he realizes his precious Doll isn’t
safe. The Hellions code may be that
women and children are off limits in any altercation or dispute, but that
doesn’t mean their enemies follow that same moral compass.

His only child, now in danger from
the association to him and his club, Roundman makes a decision. He sends her away with a charter club member
that he trusts, in hopes that the trouble won’t follow.

One ride across the country. One simple ride. Talon “Tripp” Crews has been ordered to take
Doll on one ride away and to keep her safe.
She’s off limits. His head knows
this, but his body can’t deny the attraction.
She’s feisty, fierce, and fearless.

Constantly in close confines
together, can they deny the chemistry?
Will they give into the desire?
Can one ride turn lust into love?

Kissing Doll
was a mistake. Shaking off the thoughts
of her body molding to mine, I focus.
Knowing the fuckers are following us, I’ve got to keep my shit
straight. The downfall to being followed
while you’re on a bike, it’s hard to watch the bastards following you without
making it obvious. Bike mirrors are
small and full of blind spots anything more than a car length away. It’s a game of where the hell’s Waldo. I never have liked games.

Peek-a-
mother- fuckin’- boo. I see you Cadillac
SVT. Same bastards from before, they
have no idea who they’re fucking with.
Extending my left arm out straight, palm flat to the ground, I make a
slight up and down motion to let Rex know to slow down and back off a
little. Turning my hand, I single three
fingers then four. Throwing my arm up,
bending at the elbow to a ninety degree angle while balling my fist, then with
my index finger only extending I make a circle motion. Rex knows in three quarters of a mile, I’ll
make a hard right exit, no signal. He’s
to keep going, let the caddy follow me, while he gets Sass to send the text to
the boys to circle around, and back my ass up.

Pulling off,
sure enough, the car follows. Hopefully,
they took the bait thinking we were riding the two of us and only sent one car
to tail. My boys have been following a
half hour or so behind us the entire ride making sure to stay out of
sight. If there are too many of them,
we’re fucked. I’ll do anything before
they get Doll though.

We’re on a
two lane road that makes a loop. I feel
the vibration of my phone cueing me that Rex and crew are heading to the gas
station. Officially in BFE (Bum Fuck,
Egypt) I pull into the seedy gas station.
As soon as Doll realizes Rex doesn’t follow the turn off, she holds on
tighter. I drop my left hand to squeeze
her thigh reassuringly. Hang tight until
the cavalry arrives. None of these fuckers
are gonna get to her to use as a pawn in some sick game. Not one hair on that pretty little head will
be touched as long as I’m fucking breathing.

Pulling in,
Doll climbs off. Before I climb off, I
grab her hand and swing her to me, snaking my hand around the back of her neck,
I pull her in for a kiss. Raw, rough,
and real passion flow freely between us as the kiss becomes a tangle of
tongues, lips, and teeth. When I pull
away, her eyes are glassed over in desire.

“Stay close,
and follow my lead, Doll.” I whisper to
her before kissing her forehead and releasing her.

Climbing off
the bike, I remove my helmet. Storing
both our helmets on the bike, I make a point not to touch any of the
saddlebags. Knowing we’re being watched,
I need to make this believable. They may
or may not know the real purposes behind this trip. If Delatorre hasn’t been taken down yet, they
will want Doll to keep him breathing. If
Delatorre has been handled, this could be retaliation. Either way Doll is their target. Time to keep up appearances I smile at Doll
to ease her fears.

Walking up
behind Doll, I wrap my arms loosely around her waist. Turning her, I keep my body between her and
the car. Dropping my head, I lightly
bite at the sweet spot where her neck and shoulder meet. She softens beneath me. Running my nose up her neck as I inhale her
scent, reaching her ear, I whisper to her.

“Stay close,
do exactly as I say, we’ve been followed.”
She nods her head in agreement. “At the bathroom door, I’m going to kiss
you. When I do, my body will be blocking
their vision. You need to reach in the
waist band of my jeans and grab the pistol and tuck it into your jeans. Then you go in the bathroom and lock yourself
inside a stall. You don’t come out until
Sass arrives to get you. If anyone comes
inside that isn’t me, Rex, or Sass, you shoot them. Hellions cut or not, shoot first ask
questions later. My boys are coming for
backup but they won’t come in here to get you, only me, Sass, or Rex. Got it?”
I say, needing her to understand that these men could kill us and get a
Hellions cut so she can only answer for people she can recognize.

Once again
she nods. I feel her shudder beneath
me. I begin pushing us forward, walking
behind her, still wrapped around her.
The embrace is close like lovers.
Under other circumstances it would be intimate, but in this moment, it’s
about her safety.

At the
bathroom door, I lean down and kiss her wrapping my hands around her head. Adrenaline mixes with an unknown emotion as I
sweep my tongue inside her mouth. I
don’t want to ever stop kissing her, but right now I’ve got to get rid of our
problem. I feel the gun being pulled
away as she tucks it against her own waist.
When she starts to pull away, I pull her head back to me. I kiss her with everything I have in me. If I die right now, I die a happy mother
fucker to have shared my last kiss with this woman. Finally, I pull away.

“Be safe,
Doll. Remember, no one, but me, Sass, or
Rex.” I kiss her forehead as I release
her. Pausing for a moment as I watch her
disappear in the restroom, I can hear her lock the bathroom door.

Turning
around, I’m greeted by none other than the same fucker from the truck stop.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

I am a huge Sarah Daltry Flowering Series fan and she's given us another piece of Jack and Lily in this novella Star of Bethlehem.

This is a holiday novella-length story that follows Forget Me Not and Lily of the Valley."With you, Jack, it was the first time I ever felt real. It was the first time anyone looked at me and saw substance. It was the first time I wanted to make someone see me."

Jack and Lily have navigated his past, her desire to move on from her family's demands of her, his depression, and her loneliness. Now, on New Year's Eve, they have an entire year laid out ahead of them. First, though, Jack needs to meet Lily's family, to be welcomed into her life. It's intimidating, but with a sweater that is way too hot and his grandmother's ugly car, he arrives at Lily's gleaming house on a hill, ready to open himself up completely to her.

Inside the perfect, sparkling house, Lily waits for the boy she has come to love. But Lily's house and family are a lot like her - shiny and pretty on the outside, with a sad emptiness on the interior. Lily wants to give Jack the one thing he has always dreamed of - family and love - but can she keep him from seeing how hollow a lot of the picture perfect life he fantasizes about really is?Amazon Purchase Link

Friday, November 1, 2013

Grace and Cole were trying to put the pieces of
their broken lives back in place, working towards a future together. It seems
as though things were just starting to get back to normal. Well, as normal as
things could be for the survivors of a twisted serial killer. What they didn't
know, what neither of them expected, was that their nightmare was just beginning.

They were
about to be pulled back into the clutches of a madman, but this time, they
weren't the only potential victims.

Was their
love strong enough to get them through the next disaster? Do they have what it
takes to stay together, or is whats lurking

Wealthy New York
socialite Grace Preston uses men for amusement, holding her heart inside an ice
fortress for protection. Spurned by a sociopathic male model, Grace
picks up a new man with all the right moves; smooth as bourbon, Cole
slides under her wall and touches her in places she thought were well-guarded.
But after a weekend of fiery passion, he leaves, devastating her.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Perfection. We all strive for it, but what happens when
the desire to be perfect consumes you? What happens when the need to bury
your mistakes blinds you?

Melanie Crane has always been the perfect daughter, friend,
student – she’s been perfect at everything, in fact. But when she lets
her insecurities, the ones that she keeps hidden from everyone, get the best of
her, she falters in her pursuit of perfection. Melanie crumples under the
pressure and buries her pain. Numbed by sadness and guilt, she is
determined never to let anyone find out how broken she really is.

Bryan Mahoney may appear to have everything in order. He’s
charming, witty and completely swoon-worthy. In short, Bryan has life all
figured out, but appearances can be deceiving. When the landscape of
Bryan’s family changes in an instant, he’s left to pick up the pieces.

Not all bruises leave a mark. Now, weary and afraid, Melanie and
Bryan must find a way to let love heal their broken and jaded hearts.

~Thoughts from Chelsea ~

I was fortunate enough to read this book before publication. Melissa Collins became a favorite author of mine when she gave us Reid and Maddy. This series is an addiction, pulling you in, Let Love Heal is no different.

Melanie, oh how I connected with this character. She's real. Like most women, I too, put on appearances at times, while my internal emotions churn with negative thoughts, I smile and put on the face of perfection. Insecurities reek havoc on the way you think of yourself, but also your reactions and interactions to others. The journey of Mel and Bryan is one that is heartfelt and true.

Bryan, oh the hottest IT guy ever, just sayin'. There are some many qualities of Bryan to fall in love with. He's smart, handsome- forget handsome- he's hot, he's kind, considerate, loyal, loving, and strong. My heart broke for him multiple times in this book. I didn't think there would be another character in this series to love more than Reid.......I was wrong, Bryan will capture your heart and hold onto it.

The other thing I love is the pieces of the side characters we still get. Peyton is so feisty and I love her. We get more Cammi and Jack. I love having Momma's side story, too. (I'm leaving out any of that but its a must read to find out)

Hands down, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a book to connect with. This one can be read as a stand alone novel or following Let Love In and Let Love Stay which are also two fantastic reads!!!!

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Jayna is about to graduate from high school and embark on an
exciting journey in higher education – or so she thinks. In the wee hours of one
fateful night she finds herself in the middle of a battle with demons. She
assumes it’s a nightmare; a young warrior, Ethan Wells, convinces her otherwise.
Jayna discovers that she is an evolved human who can travel between dimensions
and is also capable of extinguishing demons. She is a prime candidate for the
Astral army. An innocent first-love blossoms between Jayna and Ethan. They
become partners in the Astral army against demons and other forms of evil. Ethan
is in charge of her training; they spend the next few years as carefree college
students by day, demon fighters by night. However, there is a small glitch in
their happiness: They are forbidden by the Astral Masters to see each other on
Earth. As much as they love one another, they cannot be together in their
physical forms. However, the Astral Plane is about to experience a
first.

With special permission from the Ascended Masters, Jayna and
Ethan have a spectacular wedding in the Astral plane. Jayna’s family and close
friends are also transported to the wedding and they experience the Astral plane
for the first time. Life goes on in a happy monotone for the next few years.
Jayna and Ethan are together every night, but they are still forbidden to see
each other on the Earth plane. One morning, Jayna and Liam do not wake up from
their state of suspended animation. Their family is frightened out of their wits
and hold vigil by their beds. With a lot of help from Hope and guidance from the
other side, the siblings finally awake. Something major has happened on the
Astral plane and Jayna is not telling them the whole story, but there is no
denying the sense of danger. Their almost perfect lives are about to
unravel.

Many years ago, a young woman is dragged to a local mystic by
her mother to have her fortune read. Although Ayshen does not believe in fortune
telling or anything paranormal she goes along to appease her mother. Within a
very short time, everything the old mystic prophesized comes true. A few years
later, Ayshen is forced to seek the old woman for answers regarding her mother’s
health; but she is in no way prepared to the revelations she will hear. Her life
is about to change in a very big way.

A university graduate in Economics, this mother of three and foster mother of 25 has been drawn to the world of paranormal since childhood. A devoted reader herself, Meltem Y.K has always had the aspiration to create her own brand of fantasy.
While working full-time and raising a family, into the late hours of the night, Meltem Y.K dreamed the fantasies that only she could and created a story that's grown into the Astral Ordinance series.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Jack and Lily have found each other. In this short holiday
novella, Jack finally meets Lily's family and friends. And she tries to merge
her life and her past with his.

On New Year's Eve, Jack and Lily look forward to the new
year ahead of them. Join them as they start to grow together.

This is a part of the Flowering series and directly
follows the events of Forget Me Not/Lily of the Valley. Another full
length novel will come later as well.

About the Author:

Sarah Daltry
writes erotica and romance that ranges from sweet to steamy. She moves around a
lot and has trouble committing to things. Lily of the Valley is her third full
length novel, although she also has several story collections and two novellas
available. Her other novels are Forget Me Not, the story that tells Lily’s
version of events, and Bitter Fruits, which was available shortly, but is now
in the contract phase with a major publisher. When Sarah isn’t writing, she
tends to waste a lot of time checking Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting
virtual zombies, and simply staring out the window.

Excerpt:

“I have a present for you,” she says.

“I told you. I want nothing but you.”

“I know, but I’m excited. First, though…”

“Yeah.”

This is terrifying. If I screw this up, it could ruin
everything. We haven’t been together that long and although I am trying to
trust in us, I wonder if Lily could stay with me if her parents hate me. What
if they hate me?

She kisses me quickly on the lips and then on the tip of my
nose. I somehow feel both ten and hungry for her. She’s still so amazing to me.

“They are going to love you,” she says.

“Then why are you so nervous?”

“What if you hate them?”

I hug her and breathe in her hair. “I could never hate anything
that you are. We might come from totally different worlds, princess, but every
part of you is beautiful.”

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

I was fortunate enough to read this book before publication. Melissa Collins became a favorite author of mine when she gave us Reid and Maddy. This series is an addiction, pulling you in, Let Love Heal is no different.

Melanie, oh how I connected with this character. She's real. Like most women, I too, put on appearances at times, while my internal emotions churn with negative thoughts, I smile and put on the face of perfection. Insecurities reek havoc on the way you think of yourself, but also your reactions and interactions to others. The journey of Mel and Bryan is one that is heartfelt and true.

Bryan, oh the hottest IT guy ever, just sayin'. There are some many qualities of Bryan to fall in love with. He's smart, handsome- forget handsome- he's hot, he's kind, considerate, loyal, loving, and strong. My heart broke for him multiple times in this book. I didn't think there would be another character in this series to love more than Reid.......I was wrong, Bryan will capture your heart and hold onto it.

The other thing I love is the pieces of the side characters we still get. Peyton is so feisty and I love her. We get more Cammi and Jack. I love having Momma's side story, too. (I'm leaving out any of that but its a must read to find out)

Hands down, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a book to connect with. This one can be read as a stand alone novel or following Let Love In and Let Love Stay which are also two fantastic reads!!!!